Man who dodged £5.20 rail fare handed £460 bill by court
A MAN who dodged a £5.20 rail fare has been ordered to pay hundreds of pounds.
Paul Swaby, 31, was caught traveling on a Greater Anglia train between Rayleigh and Prittlewell stations on July 22 last year without a ticket.
He was convicted of breaching Railway Byelaws made under Section 219 of the Transport Act 2000.
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During a hearing at City of London Magistrates Court, Swaby, of Bedford Place, Canvey, was ordered to pay compensation of £5.20 and was fined £300.
He was also ordered to pay costs of £125 and a victim surcharge of £34.
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